This is something which made lots of news and attracted the Digital news industry every now and then. The diaspora team did it in a way that if they would have launched there product well in time then certainly they would have gained a lot of traction. The idea of decentralized web as Diaspora claims sounds interesting however it still seems not scalable in terms of an organisational structure.

We already have something called Elgg which is an open source one click install social network which we can say is decentralized as well to a certain extent, every niche can operate their own social hub using elgg and with the help of little knowledge one can easily customize it too. then came Appleseed project which also claimed the same. In the series the last entrant was Diaspora but they made the news which the other two failed.

What Diaspora is ?

In there own words

CHOICE – “Diaspora lets you sort your connections into groups called aspects. Unique to Diaspora, aspects ensure that your photos, stories and jokes are shared only with the people you intend.”

OWNERSHIP – “You own your pictures, and you shouldn’t have to give that up just to share them. You maintain ownership of everything you share on Diaspora, giving you full control over how it’s distributed.”

SIMPLICITY – “Diaspora makes sharing clean and easy – and this goes for privacy too. Inherently private, Diaspora doesn’t make you wade through pages of settings and options just to keep your profile secure.”

Wow , this all sounds cool, now the question is how many out of 500 million people who are already on facebook would be comfortable to switch to a software and fix their own Pods to connect to group of people they know.

Well for me the idea is great but the application is unreal. And also it fails to serve the purpose of connecting the whole world and making it a more social.

What is Project “I Want Facebook Alternate”, this project is an outcome of research of months that have been put into to find the pain areas that users go through while surfing the social web. Right now the social web is growing like wild fire however the problem is that its also growing the risk of data theft along with the increased spamming. Every now or then we get hell lot of fren requests or wall posts that are merely phishing attempts. There is a whole gang that works in this domain and call them selves Ninjas. Well honestly there is no way to fight these ninjas because they are anonymous and they are huge in numbers.

The Facebook alternate project is all about your society which includes you family , your friends, your colleagues and your so called known references. Its a free a network and when we say free its completely Ads free too. Now the question pops up how can it be free and if it is then how would we manage to run the show, well thats simple we are trying to work out economics the other way, rather than working on the traditional user info selling to Advertisers.

For the full post visit : The Facebook Alternate

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What a question, “Who wants a facebook Alternate?”, Ha. I know it sounds funny but there are many who want to have a facebook alternate and yes its true. I have been using facebook since 2006 when i got an invite from a friend of mine who lives in Germany, she shared some of her pics which she uploaded on facebook and my first thought about facebook then was “DULL and BORING” ya, I was on myspace which was much vibrant and lively but then facebook took over with the rice of PR and awesome controversies which got highlighted in all the big media news papers, then all the bloggers started talking about it and rest is the History.

I am an avid user of facebook and use it only for one sake not because it is something which is really great but because it is some place where all my friends are, yes all those friends who were once on myspace or orkut in the past. What does this mean that users have tendencies to switch to whatever they get or whatever that is hip. I believe both are applicable. Out of Total Internet population Globally how many understand technology, i believe only 1% or even that would be a higher figure which i am just estimating but yes i am sure the numbers must be very low. Rest are the ones are those  who just love to follow what others are doing (I Know so many people who are on twitter but I never saw them using it) . People often tend to say that “I Hate This” or “I Hate That”, its a very strong notion though people really dont do much about it, but i realized this and thought of doing it. The best way to retaliate is to do something and then the thought of creating a social web popped up in my mind. a though which was so provoking that i took away my sleep and hit my bank balance badly, but i never cared as i am really a man who loves to attempt once decided hence i came ahead with this.

To read the full story : http://facebookalternate.com

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Mark Zuckerberg, Chris Hughes, and Dustin Moskovitz, founders of the Facebook.com phenomenon, saw an existing product in need of improvement and expansion.

We all know about the mighty facebook, and the rise of “Alexander the Great” , or rather i should replace Facebook with “Mark Zuck”. Alexander the great was an awesome warrior who was on a spree to win the entire world and be the greatest emperor of all times, but in vain it did not happen, so shall we say that similar fate would be awarded to Mark Zuck also.

THE FACEBOOK STORY Today Mark Zuckerberg (facebook) has changed the fate of Internet and so called social media, Today every blogger is writing about it and the hype has gone beyond reaches of any one. Facebook which was started in a small Dorm room of Harvard has taken over the web if not completely then a major part of it. Facebook was not the original concept it was first stolen from Winklevoss twins who were mark’s seniors and also the founders of “Harward Connection”, they got there compensation for the same , which was a whooping amount of $65 millions, awesome money which they might have not dreamt of earning with true potential of “Connect U” but then who cares, we have facebook and they have a claim over it.

This is really ironical that Mark Zuck is a celebrity today but is a cheater at the same time and this is public , Globally all the big media players covered the Trial and settelment between Zuck and Winkelvoss and then came The Social Network movie which did the final damage, today even public knows about this. Its was hard for me to figure out at the end of the movie to determine that who was the good guy or who was the bad guy in the movie, The sympathy was with “Eduardo Saverin” who was a great friend and also the founder member of facebook along with Zuckerberg but was Ducked by him, he was a classic example of back stabbing and the second from Mark Zuck in the tale so far.

Facebook was not a genuine idea anyways as the friendster and Myspace was already there and teens were flocking them so this means the ideation was original but the idea was not. In a same fashion that Colt was the one one who invented Gun but then came engineers who excelled the idea and game us AK-47 , Eduardo Saverin was a great guy according to me and according the script displayed in The Social Network”, he was a true friend, as when the idea of facebook popped up in Mark Zuck’s mind he was the first one whom he discussed the idea with and being a true friend Saverin agreed to the greatness of the idea, well at the age of 19 it was a tough decision to fund any friend’s idea with ones father’s money but Saverin did the same , He was the first ever investor and partner with 30% stake in Facebook however there was no writer clause for the same , but according to me only a true friend can agree to pay you such amount ($18000) without having a plan for revenues, it went ahead for few months and facebook started growing within the campus and then Mark met Sean Parker (Napster.com Fame) and the story changed completely.

Its great to be ambitious and we all are equally ambitions but is it fair to stab someone who is your best friend and someone who gave you wings to fly, imagine if Saverin would have said no to Zuck when he narrated the whole idea he would have never gone ahead with it as Mark was not financially stable to bear the costs on his own and getting the finances only on an idea was truly a herculean task those days, or another fate would have been That Zuck would have gone ahead with Winkelvoss brothers to create Connect U and probably today identified as one of the partners in it. Ha!!! It all sounds weird but this is true, Now imagine if Mark Zuck, Eduardo Saverin and Winkelvoss all were from Dubai (UAE) then the situation would have been like this, keeping the law system of Dubai in mind “an eye for an eye” then after losing the law suit to Winkelvoss, Mark would have been asked to create an equal big idea and give it back to Winkelvoss , isn’t it funny but that should have been the real justice. What is bigger the idea part or the execution part now opens a new debate in my mind, and believe me it’s quite difficult to answer this question.

What do you think about this ?

Now lets Peep what a bit into the major characters of “The Facebook Story” :

Mark Zuckerberg Mark Zuckerberg ( CEO Facebook.com )

• He started facebook on feb 4th, 2004 with his two room mates Dustin Moskovitz and Chris Hughes.
• Eduardo Saverin was his fast friend and also CFO of Thefacebook.com and had 30% stake in the company.
• Facebook Got its first funding from paypal founder Peter Thiel.
• Mark Zuckerberg is the most eligible bachelor on the planet earth today.
• Today Mark Zuckerberg is the youngest Richest In the World with highest net worth of more than $2 Billion.

Eduardo Saverin Saverin Eduardo ( CFO thefacebook.com )

• An American of Brazilian descent who is an entrepreneur and co-founder of Facebook.
• Saverin met Mark Zuckerberg during his freshman year and later co-founded Facebook during his sophomore year.
• Saverin drifted away from what was then known as “thefacebook” due to conflict in ideologies with Zuck.
• Saverin sued Zuckerberg and Facebook in April 2005. Saverin won his claim in court to label himself as a co-founder of Facebook along with 5% stake.
• He owns a 5% share of Facebook, worth $2.5 billion USD as of January 4, 2011.

Sean Parker Sean Parker ( Founder Napster.com)

• Sean Parker (born December 3, 1979) is an American internet technology businessman.
• He was a pro software programmer, At 16, he was sentenced to community service for hacking.
• Parker graduated from Oakton High School in Fairfax County, Virginia. He co-founded Napster, a free file-sharing service for music.
• Lawsuits by various industry associations eventually shut down the Napster.
• He became Facebook’s first president receiving 7% of Facebook’s stock.
• In 2006, Parker joined the Founders Fund, a venture capital fund based in San Francisco, as Managing Partner.

Winklevoss Twins Winklevoss Twins ( Founders ConnectU )

• The original idea of College Network was from Winkelvoss twins along with Divya Narendra.
• They named it as “Harvard Connection” which later got a new name as “Connect U”
• Winklevoss twins were Olympic Fame Rowers.
• They approached Mark Zuck to code the entire thing for them.
• The sued Zuck for stealing the idea and setteled the case out of court in 2008 for $65 Million.
• They have again Sued Mark Zuck for the same case however the allegation is The stock Valuation.

So now we have read so much about This Mark Zuck that i am really in dilemma that whose side shall I speak for. What Mark Zuck has done very few has ever achieved , 100s of organisation spent decades to reach a $$$ billion turnover but facebook did this in mere 5 years. People call that the evil will always get punished at the end so lets see what happens to Mark Zuck, if he is an evil guy who cheated on so many then whats his fate in near future.  !! Would love to read your comments !!

Courtesy : ACTIVEINDIAN.COM

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